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1. GANG FENCE DOWNED: Gang fence bulldozed under new laws in
Christchurch. Highway 61 fence brought down by council
diggers 10 years after police first wanted to do so.
Neighbours not keen to publicly support the council. Gang is
not commenting. Hastily built fence went up late today.

2.
JFK JUNIOR: Chilling evidence about JFK Junior's final
flight. The plane was falling at 6000 feet per minute. The
plane is thought to have been in a speed spiral.
Investigators say the aircraft had passed a regular
inspection . Plane has not yet been found on the ocean
floor.

3. JFK JUNIOR: Live from Hyannisport: Caroline
Kennedy has not spoken to media yet. Ted Kennedy has left to
go to New York and we believe he went to see Caroline.
Kennedy family statement says the family is overwhelmed with
grief and is relying heavily on faith.

4. ELECTRICITY: NZ
First has decided to string the government along over
electricity regulation legislation. Winston Peters appears
to be playing for time. Winston isn't saying whether he
will come to the government's rescue or not yet. It looks
just like the coalition days when Peters held the balance of
power. ACT says it will never work with any coalition which
relies on NZ First.

5. SCOTT WATSON TRIAL: Court finished
early today after technical malfunction called problems.
Video conference system for overseas witnesses failed. Court
started an hour late after Juror got caught in traffic.
Court hampered by technical difficulties - video evidence
kept malfunctioning. After lunch Christchurch witnesses
didn't turn up because no flights arrived and then video
evidence came from Western Australia. Christchurch witnesses
have now arrived after fog cleared in Christchurch.

6.
APPEAL COURT: Appeal Court has ordered a new trial for a
Danniverke man who is suing the police over being framed for
a drug prosection.

7. WANGANUI DEATH: A 14-year-old boy
who bled to death in Wanganui is believed to have been
playing with explosives - earlier the death had been
thought to have involved a firearm.

8. BLACKOUT
ABANDONED:Plans to turn lights out in Auckland in a
Bledisloe Cup - Blackout - promotion has been abandoned
after the problem raised concerns that the National Grid
could not cope with people turning the lights back on all at
once.

Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.

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